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summer camp

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noun

summer camps plural
  1. a camp, especially one for children during the summer, providing facilities for sleeping and eating, and usually for handicrafts, sports, etc.


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Columnist Callum Borchers tells us why playing like a kid in summer camp is good for employee morale.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

The lakefront property, known as Sunbeam Lodge, dates back to the early 20th century and had been a summer camp for boys, a sportsman’s hotel, and St. Lawrence University research center.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

Between 2021 and 2025, about one in four third-graders participated in summer camp, tutoring or both programs, to advance to fourth grade.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

A mother of three who's also devised a CSI summer camp for students, she notes "it can happen anywhere".

From BBC Jun. 20, 2026

I told him it wasn’t, but he insisted I looked like this guy Daniel he’d known from summer camp.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

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